The Chickasaw messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1880-1900, 1887-08-25
ATLANTA. MISS }
Aug 49, 1sS7 !

ehEe 10 my ihttot HtNHaN4 3" t"N
Clarion. and your offer Of the col
umns Of your paper for friendly
discussion OF the matter referred to.
I appreciate your generosity, and
in reply viii say; ! see you state
that Gov. Lowry has consented 10
make several speeches in the State
during the present canvass, it, vim
d.cati9n Of his administration, (and
/ see no objection to this as no State
officers are 10 be elected). Should
De 40 so, we should expect him to
make at least one in Chickasaw
county. as he has received AS much
opposition here as from any county
In the State. Should he come (and
] hope he may), ] feel confident that
the voters OF the county win turn
out to hear him, and after hearing
(both black and white will feel
much better satisfied.
Bat, should circumstance be such
that be cannot visit rs as stated,
then I will accept your kind offer
of discussing the matter at length,
= before referred TO. I have frequent
ly heard old card players say that
they disliked touse deck oftheir op-
pouents, but knowing you to be an
honest man. and hence You will not
mark the back of the Messenger, /
I viii accept your proposition, not
with the least desire TO iniure You,
bat in my feeble way to vindicate
the administration Of Gov. Lowry.
Tn doing this I should consider
Lowry as 9aig one Of that admins
tration while each member Of the
Legislature including S. /. Wilson,
W. T. Houston, j. A. Macarthur,
yourself and ], Cvho have all held
office during that administration,
is responsible to some extent for
any failure that has been made in
the way Of legislation. / DO not
endorse all that has been done. but
in the main I look upon the ad-
ministration as being a good one.
The most objections | hear urged
in this county are against the APP
preparations in support Of the coll
leees, and I feel confident that when
that question is fairly understood
those objections to a very great
extent will be withdrawn.
am in favor Of the A. m. Col
lo-e because believe the farmers
(through the State Grange were
the prime movers in its erection.
am glad to know that Chickasaw,
al the hands Of that great and good
man W. F. Tucker, introduced the
bin which became the law that
gave life to that institution, and
fall the voters in the State / think
we should be last to say, away
with him.
I also remember the part You
took in the years rs, 20, so, 81
and >, and If ] am not very much
mistaken. the voice Of the MEssEN-
GER was heard eomplimeuting the
Legislature for the liberal appro-
pration made In 1ss0. which was
$4,000. Ii also called the atteu-
tion OF the Legislature Of 1ss2 to
the l.beraIity Of the previous Leg
islature. and insisted apon them
making a generous appropriation
for the erection Of The A. & 81. IN
stitution. The influence Of the
MESSENGER. as well as other papers,
Was brought to bear upon the Leg
islatars IF lss2, which caused an
appropriation Of sll5,00Oout ofthe
statemrd, and $1,000 out the land of
script fund. Since that timo the
appropriations have been growing
less and lossannually. Much might
he said in regard TO the Colleges
showing that the democracy Of our
State coaid not afford to withdraw
State appropriations. You know
that / have no children III any Of
tie institutions referred to, yet I
know the A. & r. College is il the
interest Of the agricultural people
Of our State. There is boy near